Entertainer Dream Kitchen

Guru and Neeta like having people over, but their Massey home worked against them. The lounge and dining already flowed together, yet the kitchen sat in its own room behind a door. Whoever was cooking missed the party, and the entertaining space felt smaller than it was. We took out the walls dividing the kitchen from the living areas and stripped the old cabinetry, benches and flooring, so three closed rooms became one open-plan space. Our Design Manager Dorothy Li built the look on three colours: black, white and gold. Matte black custom cabinetry does most of the work, white marble-look engineered stone lightens the room and contrasts with the black, and gold appears only as thin LED lines along the handleless Stefano fronts. Mirror-finish glass above each bench run bounces light and makes a modest footprint feel bigger. The lounge bar is the standout. It repeats the kitchen materials so it looks built in rather than added: black matte wall cabinets, a 30mm marble-look stone top with waterfall ends, gold LED, black mirror glass on the wall and wine glass hangers under the upper cupboards. The rest of the house was carried along too, with new floors and paint throughout. Scope Walls removed to join kitchen, living and dining Custom black matte kitchen with magic corners, pull-out pantry and bins, and an undermount Blanco Silgranit sink Soft-close BLUM hinges and DTC drawer runners Built-in lounge bar with waterfall stone benchtop Laminate flooring in the living area, tiles in kitchen and dining, new carpet in every bedroom Wallpaper stripped and the interior repainted Dorothy Li designed the project and Jin Park managed it through to completion in January 2020. Full case study: Modern Kitchen and Bar Renovation in Massey